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tit Cjie (Kanton W P R E S 8 ; A FREE PRESS. roa .-- - FREEMEN". (or isra a - a.) OaeSaaara, awe lamen... f ( f OtieSajaar Ikrr laaerih..'. ,. as, Osi we, an aalka a Ooeaajaana, ee tea,,,..., , e Otit iwlaia, ao la.erllM..,, 1t?t One ealeaaa, all eesike M u. r uneralaa)!. eaa year or M later as adiala trae e, tia -a (sepei Uo,er al efeeiel ais; I 3 PLEDGED BUT TO TRUTH, TO LIBERTY AVO 1AW-I0 FATOR SWAYS TS, AID HO FEAR SHALL AWE" CANTON, MO., TIIUHSDA Y, NOVEMBJ2II 22, I860 WHOLE NO 225. VOI5.-NO. !7. ..... ,i . , i ! i i , j , j , . , , .. .. , 1 1. 1 -. , i n$ M tr i I I ami tiiTH i ltr.rrr.rwi " . rr.ir,-XT VI I , Two Dollars per Year, . Ulricll) l Ataeeay. ; " " ' Professional Cards. Ilomoropallilc Physician k Surgeon, , . CANTOS, MO., J H1VINU bented In Canton, ifT.-rt liU nrufoa-semal MrviMt Iq lu inhabitants ami eur liidintiiis country. EpmiI attention pilj lu C hrunld Disease and the dieraeee nf t-Vmali-s. nV-e ,r Uwsiey's store en LeaUHtreet. It-"1. Jens ,osth-st tumor al Tka (n Cullatv ilmu. (sbVoO-lf I, noriiii, t. ' . m.rnc. m. d. DR3. TOMPKINS & BRISCOE. WW AVI VO formed eupartiierriiln In Ihe urectirt n 11 afe-lit'loe, "ffrr IbalrsorTires l tbeciliitu, of l'.!.!.. end tieiniiy IHhV on l.els street, bet Keen 14 lui lib, ever wuiam ami bkkiiu s stores. R. C ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW . , falhyu., mo. XITIl.L erasure In the LVnintlee nf HiriM, Ralls, Moarna, belby, iaUooU end. Lewis. 1 marl to ly. ' ' OR. J. W. HAWKINS VKTILL OIVK PROMPT ATTENTION to V . . eU cases entrusted te hi. earo. OnVa el M. WmI' Drti( Blurt, fourlb Street, L'eulon, Ho. IIIU 'M U '. ; ; ; '", c. b. mauek, REAL ESTATE & CLAIM AGENCY, M03TICIXLI.O, MO. Wil l, bny air. Mil Roil Kstitf , Pv Tik Itwm-in TiMim, ittd tlnd l ah niiltfr rlaiiiliif CLare mid ouitvtranrviif Ktal B.iaiiv wvia.'M c. n. WATT, SURGEON DENTIST riKNDURS bin priifetalo'ial .". J to Iho ciPKPii or t;mitnii mm vum-Chl.Ti.r.im. Kthtu and SI. imiii o..ii Uui in rxtrartltia lecth. All wurk done in Hit lit improved it)leai:l war-raupl tniv mti-Trici.. n. t"(tirtceou Fourth iliect between Clark f.'U ttroeU. i. 6J-i J. W. BARRETT, NOTARY --PUBLIC. WILL attend to the Preparation und Akuuwlelgmut of t)coJ, Uortiu?, K iwrrK lAttorupy, A(nd:tllf 4.d utticr IorbI tlot'iuneiiti. CanlunPreii i ntun. Mo. iul.U.'r,6-ir K. U. Jtl. U., SURGEON DENTIST, l01 109 U4iiiH!hrfl itroet. Iietwueu titi nt ?tli, QUINCV, ILL. OR. HKI.MI. Irm.ninl1j loc.tfl in (J'llnrj, Na i. prei.rtl to ilu all kin U ul Uuiit.iJ Wurk in 4 n"-t anl "uitnln'Ui jI mimipr. ft- All vr rk warralileJ. 1'eiuii invariably cah. . Miirao-ir k.l 1 . . - - Uus'mcas (Carta. 7 L W. ENGLAND, F. Gr. BROWNING, r - HATHCn PBETTV. Ws frqumlly h-r of prUy potm, bat w bT on her that U mperUtinlr pret- tjr.-lo fcl. In It til pretty i protty wall oird up, iltliouslt tb;r U "prttty imi" In It ' A pretty lltlla intiden ( 1UJ pr'stty liltl dreu, , A pri-lty liltl cJ ling Vn the pretty litll litem. A pretty little bvbclor ! ' ' To win her favor tried, ' ' Anil ttkrd her hor she'd like to b 1 Hi pretty little bride. With (ome pratty litlln bluibet, i And pretty little figh, . ; And am prrtiy little gUncet From pretty little eyej With protty little face , B' hind pretty U; ' 1 She iiniled on the proposal Of tlii pretty li:tlc men. Some pretty lit'.le "loree,? And soma pretty little "ilt-rs,'' Somu pretty tit tits mil,T, '; ' Anil ome pretty little t an ; Some pretty liitle preicnti, Anil pretty little kitH, Wereoin pretty little prelude . To some pretty little bli.-n. . Th! prrtiy littlejlidy And her pretty lit tie xpark, M"t Iho pretty little pnron And hid prtty liulo clurk ; A pretty little w.tdiliu,' ring United them for life, , A pretty littlt- husbauil And n pmlly little wife. Aliuoal a IrlnrriiiKe. Ttat Iky. kcpoio ciettur. livt t lh bottom of thi.doivn, nd tlx iky Ijlu i noiliiog but 1 111 iiiuirphera luelf. W aen m riie toward ill unner vit of our tlinoi phere, by aacendind inounluln irilinf in MHOOtl. till Uiue color iiiiopiicoi-, nd wie that ipar la Culorleu. iit of a few ecomli to the moon' aur fac. woulil ror.vii c ut till trior thor ougMy that tli blue color of the terre W warn tli teaderi that lliey will get giddy befor they reach tli and of Ihit article. It 11 by Mona. Mamma (ion, wlioi recent work on inbablttd world other than Krth ia on of the mod aucce.ilul of th Tariiian raon : To form an acnirat IJea of the ky, .l. Lelons. eirluiivelv to tlii at w intiht in th find place, form an accu mranhitpii. Tliai mnan ia denrived of air. rat idea of lh enrih. and conceive the L.,i ,,;,.. :,. iii.riiiinlila dan in- tall on which w live a au.pended in .....i of .i.:, beautiful aiure dom which paee without any support, ecept ai a j, 0V4r our ,cn,,( t nothing but an ioap Duuom uiucn iioaia in ine air. ui ,,nn,enae. blaru, luguhnnua rime in a truth, the earth it even more ifola'ed u !rh atuna aim. ninnn With Vari than a oap bubble floating in the ir,for anf h,,,,. the earth and a multitude of L I .1.1 I. .1.. ...... - I ' - in auaii.tiuijutie inn; ii;ii vh iiid pnam 1 Kara of air. whiltf the earth reata upon no flu- Th. anl avai.m ia nnnaniM in rntii id, no atrata, and i independent of every lihrium in mace. What aualaint it f 10't of auppnrt. I may be B'kei But then iftha earth i thrown like cannon ball into apace, why dnean'l it foil f aiuwer : Fall wlit-re f They may re ply: Fall down apace My reponae 1 : llut what do you call "down apace! Down ia a reUiiv idea. Form t clear idea of the terrettrial globe atiapeniled Nobody knowi. It it in repote t No it iravitairi, or what ia iho tame tump. it fall. It fall into the infinite abya It fall at a velocity reckoned at two leacura a second, or rrven thouvaud leas una an hour. Whether it fella in a curved, ainuous or atraiglit line.it can fall through all eiermty, at we have above I IdAfrOlKTHKNT Ot All nillDF.RROi M. tXFIXT Alt r Mnunicnta, 'J'onibatoiiea, (... Ac. he, orPitK ami taup :"' UARK ITREET, KET. 101 HI H L FIFTH, C'ANTOX, MO. t" AU worV oxroutcil in tlii l.inlu'fl Mylciif the rl. ouil fully wnrrant d; iinvlli.'t5-ti WM. A . 'MoK I M Import or oinl HrMior in HARDWARE CUTLERY, IRON, ., mVai ls and Glass 9 AGRICLLTLRAL IMPLEJIEATS, ETC., r"!Jo. l, towij tlraat, Canton, Mo. aiTia.'sa-f .. i- v. v,.: WILUtill EI.US, i. , .,-. . DEALER 1.1 Lumber, Shingles, Lath, sash: DOORS cV blinds, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES. K NEW AND LIBliRAL STOCK ON J. band lor tba auiiplj ol cultunte'-i, rn hntiractury tanM. . (Juisia.'BJii) ,. . J. WILD & SON, STOVES, SHEET IKON, JAPANNED cf- TINWARE; LEWIS STREET, Below Third, CANTON, MO. A I.AHGI AMD mir MOCK or Cookiaa HIoyo., Parlorand olUca st-.rei. and oihar family reuia. Ju.t receive I auduffernu at fair prica. Hoofing, " Spouting and ' Repairing : no at ibort notice. KJ- Ml work Karrontt d. - uiar,5-lr ' Livery and Sale Stable. THE XlNDERSlGNED would nnnoiince X that be baa purchased ttaintareiit of lii. late prt. aa , and become ale proprietor ol U10 Livery end S.le HhM, aitualad at tba . ' -' .' J CH nv of TMri f- Lteia tlrcet; Cantou, . . , nr: where bf will continue to f urobute good Horses and. Kales, I la prepared to accommodate tba public with a ai ieiy ol cooveyeueret. abort nuce aud eu reawaable ""'"pereona Indebted te the late arm are noliaed to an on me and make payuisat. 'j j y. ' JI1, '-" I. H. rrK. IILLCOX&rntBBS SEWING II "MACHINE. The. Chainpioi.il ll 'f 13 Sratpre-, nreiM In tw,.lJ Iwaaone. - lu eani i s " tront; or and teas lialjlo to rip than the Ux-k Miuh. 'Wow' ftywrf of th Om4 TWV. " Head fir the fc rUrwrt," l f"if'e work, containing both kinds of alitiliea "i tH aame piece of goud. .IgMita wauled. L, C0X5ELL k CO Otit Agfata, . U Laaa) It., Cbeoaa Kroa tiio New fusliun, (1., t'utrii.t. The ' iiumy a slip 'twixl the cup and thtt lip" was ainiuinirly illuitraterf in our con 111 11 ni ty on ln-t Tiie.irJny. An old geiitlen aii, who liv s uver ihuStrub-n-ville hi I a lit In d i: tuner-, haviit Ion hj wife KJine time ago,, took into hit head ti marry ngain. Ha lalk"il (ho in.itler over with hit frienda in Uiwn con ndera bly, onu, out ol lliu lcsona 111 cunnig bvhicli were volunteered lie tired MJ' li n, 9 't'tiied lie.-l. He had cnsl sliei-p'a cyea at teverul widow of the ni'igbbni Imod, bill none ocm 'd to Inke lii vhiiie. Oil M oikI 11 y of Inst week I 0 wont to tee a widow ol.oul twenty miles from l nvi on llie line of the Clevidnnd ami Pitub iry'i railroad.' He nude known Ilia ermnd in a l u-inesa like w.iy. He accepted the pr.t. a I ,a ml ihe agreement onterniiijf the pru)'!r,y was reduced to writing. Hi rcul estate was lu be tli-v s'.ed o the iulerel which imirringH would givo her j 1 UU chatile pr p rty to b joint Mock ; her money she was (0 have for her .-eparMe usr ;, (ulurd arnui eitiuns to be for their inuitntl benefit. The pr.'liminnric s settled lliu next ones tion whs lh time nt! which (lie contract should; brt"co.niiiiniateii Thti lady wanb cd a moui h ; the LCiilloiiiBn the nxt day On TuefJny he drove out to hor house, brought her 10 tovn,piocurcd the license, invited t.o preachers, and drove to his own home with the widow, the rooms tvure w.ir.uand cheering, the guests were pleased, llie marrying coujili) were all smiles. The old gentleman tnllced and liuffl cd a little louder thun ever. " The inirriege CPi'oiiionyfwas to luke place ini-inedialely "'precetliujr dinner. Sj they were .waiting nly on the turkey. It was done, ar.d had been removed from the e'.ove. The parties were preparing; to take position on the floor. . The prcucher wan muttering the so'emn words of lliu marriage form silently on hislipj. Old Warner whs about to leap from the chair to the floor with the springs of sixteen stiirtmei-fl.-1 But hark ! A rap at the door. What means the intrusion J A call for the lady. Shu goes to the door and beholds the solitary horsnman. He is her b-oii in-law. He converses in a subdued tone. A few moments and the suspense in.-idu is over. - She return into - the house. "Mr. . , I have beon think- ine over our agreement, and I have con cluded not to marry you 11 n loss you give me half the land." 'vhy, what does this mean V" taid the groom of sixty, at the unexpected turn in the wheel. ' What does this mean ? Didn't you make a bargain,? ' Waa i't I honest with you ? No, I'll do what we agreed to, and not another -hit. Why, 1 was in debt when I married my first wife, sndJI told her I bad nothing but the shop, and she said, we'll get married anyhow ; .and we did and lived well and happy. "Well," answered the widow, "I'll not marry you to day. And I would like to have a month to consider." ''Not a day not an hour. You'll marry me now or never. As old Gen Stark said about lakin? a fort, when they asked, hiiu to desist, 'I'll taka i. 10 day, or to night Molli Stark will ba a widdrr." You'll 1111 rry me to day, or to -si i gill I'll b a wiilder.' She waa decided on not marryinc, and nad concluded to g heme witu heriou in law forthwith. But the old gentleman per suaded her to remain for dinner, and the ha would bring ber to town bitusalf Ann nere in wing annus wmi tnwaiurj ends. . in complete isolation in infinite space. Uemonsiraied, without danger of touch mm you win at once icn iiitim 11 no ucn 1 jng bottom thing as the nuestion. Hera is theelobe! in mace. Ii maiures three thousand I PAririe K ulroad. The California league in diameter. You are aome five end of the Pacific railroad will be higher or six feet high. Your stature, compar- than llie piie of the Ali'. The (Trade ed 10 the sign of the earth, is consequent- st Cisco, ninety three milrsfrom Sacra ly less than the size of an ant walking Imento, and fourteen miles from Alia, the around a bull of the size ol 51. i'aul s present terminus ol llie psssrnger trains, Church, London. I is 5,(111 fret above llie level of the tea, Suppose Vo l walk around iho clubs only 3 Id feet loss than die ion of Mount in every direction, as an ant mijjht do on Washington, the highost peak of th an immense cannon Lall. llie globe is W hue Mountains, and the highest land a loadstone, ai.d it i i( attraction which in iuw England. hen the grade reach fastens yi u invincibly to its surface. es summit station, twelve and a half Now, whatever inayfhe the point of this! miles from Cisco, it will be 7,042 feel L'li-be where your feet icst vou will al- ebuve the level of the oceon, blfl foet ways call down below your luel. and up hicher than the summit of Mount Wash- the space over your head. You may sue inrton, and higher than nil but one of ccssiveiy p'ace yourself at every point of the world renowned parses of the Alps. llie globe without exception, all ol them HANS VAN STEENIX ad mi t.nrr:DAX. Ws gaits, Mees'sr Ilumrriyf" "Good morning, Mr. Van Sieenii "Ai you busy ilia inrmnf, Meastrr uumrojr r "Nooot" "Veil, you ahust make anchor, an rnmt to yourself mil dal work bench, an I dull you some dines bow I make not ings by ter wrrl" "Is it loop aury, liana I " "Nein, Mr. Oumroy. It hoes not so Ion; as it ia drus, und I dells dem to yni mil once, L'nd I want you to make put em in your liner, so dem odder full know Iio.t niuih I nine's mil trr war. "You sees, I bres a Tuchman nfii.flii- ence. My name is Jlnus an aicruix. leet'ps a lairer bear sihore irt ter Ilow- ery, und .ny sen Ssin, he un pool poy a Ssm. He wa t pravalny lhn I gors to dsr Imaplinl, und I knocks on der door. Und s maris waiita.to know what I nam. Und he no Ut me in. Ven I sliow all my bats-pona. l'nd he say,, . 'Ican'trtatir "Den I ak due he know my son Sam who wa kilted in batil and is ha aliv j Und he says yes, he Is in uere, Dtn I say: Jinn : ron know me 7 I am liana an Steenix. Den h say, ".Mov al ni nut of drr wy." So J try him m'.t a grttnlax. Und lie say, 'All right, Mr. Van Slernix never mind der haspurt go in." Den I inerts der surgeon, und ho ail, in where I am going. Den I say, jo are my son anm wno was killed In a cannon pall in his legs, und wants m never peas in any itliore in der "tinirv. lo trn und see him before he eel no bet ll ,1.. I,, i,.... .1. cr. i,..,. . .. i i. 't,.," v., ,.o uibii it o mo iri'ii uuu liri , ' will iiPt-cssarily be down to you, ami the corresponding space over head will a ways be up t i you. At the North Polo iho South will te vmir down ; nt the S 'uth Pul'i )ou mnv consider the North pole diatvn. It is conseiiuenlly nothing but a matter of position as far as you ore concerned it is notabolute reality. Two observers placed at the exiremi lies of lh same dinm-Her will have up recipro'-nlly opposed ; two others, plac-ed nt the extremities of a second diameter interscdi'ig tho first ('iametcr at right angles, would call up two pointsparpen-dit-iilsr to tho f.iriii r, and so on. Were The mischief lint rimy be caused by a lighted tobacco pin in a careless man' mouth, is demonstrated thus: "The steamer Henry Von Phtil took fire from the cirelesue. of a deckhand, who communicated llie fire to the cotton from his pipe. There were one hundred passengers, most of whom escaped with ihe lo of their bajD-aire and clolhes. One was burned and sever.il drowned. The bout and car-o are a total loss. drums blay, und ho goes mil drr crowd to a gruitinsr shop, und h makes his ara lisen mil der fife und der diuinmcl, und lie gits batriotic, und he makes himself po for soldier for his Uncle Sam, und cits five liuundred toilers bounty mil craenbax to glinch hi balrioliain. Und I bees batriotic, und makes war speeches uru daks care ol dam a inonish, und all de great men drinks at mine ulmre, und pats me on der hack, und any 'Dully for Sal Hans Van Sieenix of ter Bowery ! " Und I leels clad, und 1 sits lo be a biz man, for my son Sam is a soldier, und A osent Mi.tneo. Bayard Taylor says in one of his lttnrs from Ihe Kocky M Jiinlains, that being overtaken by thunder storm, from which they had no .1 ...I. ..I- ..l-.l. I ..-.I. -1 inn wuuie iiiuue covt-i eu witu uuserver, r . , , .t ...:.i. , , ii i . , ' shelter, hpy covered their bntrgnge with aneh linn H'imiiiI mill Inn nnrrtnn nf cnni I . . ' . r ' . overhead up, so that the whole .-puce which environs the globe would be lip lt the population uf die earth. Such is the thy. Thia word no longer expresses anything hut the np relative lo our poniiioii, that is, th? indefinite LANK. UORTGAflES AM) Or niDSr Sac ale at tbia ease. VELVi Jul Uf rny, w luppose, hss been eUct'd upon hi mdscl. So w shall ' liav ia Coo Jrra ooe niuetle-niau.lLough we frsr very few CMiitiios. space which environs the ear h. If the observer himself does nut change hi: po silion, iho vcr ical point, nevertheless, chanees every instant fur each of us, for tho globe turns on its axis once in twen ly four hours. Consequently, there is no audi thing as absoluie up or down in the uu'verse, and therefore there is neither right nor left, nor any absoluie position. Ihe eerih is a .'paere isolated in space, and the space ex'end infinitely in every direction, olid all around it. Infinitely I Let us try lo ascertain the exact signification of this word. Sup pose you determine to measure this in Unity, and so set 'out from the earth as the poml of your neporiuie, and move in any directio-, Vpry well ; whatever direction you may tako, you may go in a straight line and never rest one second you may fly as swift as light itself, which moves at the rale of seventy thousand leagues a second, or you may go still more swiftly, if you can conceive SB':!i velocity, and mirk vvhnt 1 say you may keep up this rate of speed for years, for centuries, for centuries ofceoturics you will never, never, never attain tho limits o! this immense, this infinite tract of space I - , 1 As you speed on, the abysses will close over you, other abysses will open before you, and this constantly, forover and forever, without end, without pause, whatever may be (he nges upon eges you spend in your flight. Infinity will still yawn it measureless depths before you though you were to exhaust ill lime, though you were to identify yourself with eternity. In reality your lung and immeasurable flight would be precisely the same thing as if you had never stirred from your presont position of absolute repose; for you would not ba one single step nearer infinity. Consequently, were we for an instant to consider this earth as the only glob in thia infinite space which environs it on all sides, and were we lo suppose that it could fall: like a ball in an abye, tho earth would fall, fall for centuries of ages, and - would constantly continue lo fall forever without once reaching the bottom, though it wer to fall through all ternity. After falling for thousand centuries il would continue to fall for a thousand centuries, without being on inch nearer the bottom of the abyss. It would absolutely be the same thing ai if it had remained in repose. Around thi earth lie a light don lik thai we see on beardless boys, oroa a tender prscb bfore a ruJ hand lias siid it..- This i lh azure atmosphere which aarroandi th earth. Clouds arc cradled ia it at an insignificant altitude. Th concert form which w oben in thi apparent dme, ia nothing but tin result of perspective. . We, poor micro- lubber cloth, and stood the storm as best thev could. Ha add: "Mr. Benrd was in great pains to find a piece for Ins umbrella under the wot er-proof ; am: not until the storm was o ver, leaving' us half so:tked, did it cccur to him thnt he might have used it !" The question of calling a Convention to revise the Constitution of the State of NswYork wa submitted lo a voleofihe people al tho recent election. The majority in fnvor of the Convsntion is about 500,000. A father may transmit a sound and healthy constitution to his son and the latter destroy it by vicious excesses. Our Revolutionnryfa I hers bf queathed to us the best Constitution in the world, and we are shattering it as recklessly as a miaerablo profligate shatters hi own. Tax. A (ax of $530,000,000 was col lected from ihe public of th United statea last year, only ltf upon eveiy man womin and child in the U. S. The Freedman's Bureau cost 812,000,000, and in colled the Internal Revonue cost $15,000,000. ' The Berihold Pass, by which the Pa-i fie Railroad is lo cross the Rocky Mountains, is, according to two different surveys, from 10,903 toll, 375 feet a- bove the level of tho sea. ; :.-;... The Grand Jury of Newark,: Ohio, have found indictm4nta against eleven persons, for the encouragement of fraud ulent voting at ihe late election. . all tier pig men say I'sa a bully irom tier poor country. "L'nd my son Sam he goes mil dar war. He goes to Manassas, und he goes mil der But:ernock,und h goes mil der Dig Battel, und he goes mil nil ter poy to iow Orleans, und von days he gits his leg kille.l nut a gannon pall und goes to der hosbital to see himself die. Und he writes me a letter, und 1 gits um, und I reads dat my ion Sam pe dead mil his leg oil, und wants to see me. his old Tedder, end muddcr, pefore h gets well. iNow, I loves dat poy Sam, lor lie pees a goot poy ; so I leaves mine stnore, und goes lo W aslnnglon, lo git baisborl from Meeidcr Stanton. Und I goes into der War Dsbarimenl, und I sees dal mca batriotic war man, und 1 'is : . "Ah, grol niorninf, General S anion." Und he looks at me und says noting ! Deu I say : 'D'ti'tyou know me f I-e be Hans Van Steanix. Ise from lor Bowery. 1 make war speeches. You drink Inger ber al my slhore. My son goes to tier war. II is killed in hospital down so-Jtll llijt a gannon pa 'I. I wants to pring him home pefore he goes teuj. 1 want a basabort to go quick fore my son Sam go lead ! " Den he say ! ''Humph ! ' I never heard uf jou.'' Deu I link I van! lo it mr sou Sam. So I try him mit a green bax. Den he say .- "Ah! w lini is your namo ? " Den I sny : "Hans Van S e nix, from de Bowery !'' Di:n he shakos hands mit me, und says : Oh, yes I kno-v you now. Mr. Von Steenix, fmn tier Bowery. Glnd to sea you. Here's your bissport. Go gee your son S tm .' ". So 1 goes lo Memphis. Und 1 must go by boat to New Orleans. L'nd Shen eral Washburn say my passport -s not good. Den I galls on him, und he looks at it, und says, "It don't reach." Dan I say : ' Don t you know me ? My noma is Huns Van S'eenix. Jse from der Bow erv. 1 makes war speeches and sjiius my son Sun to de war. He killed him self mit a log in his cannon pa'l, und 1 Eoea down ler river lo pring him home pefore he dies." Und he shakes his head, und looks wise, oo try him mit a greenaax. Und den he looks pleased, und he say ; 'What s your namef . "Huns Van Sieenix, from der Bow- Den he say, ''Can't co in iie against tier rules." Den I telli him my name ia Hans Von Meemx Irom tier JInwrry, und I show hun my ha. sports, und he says. ' Sorry, but b.issporlr don't reach. You r-m n I A A . " So I try him mit a erienbax. Und he says : ' "Ah ! your nam is Hans Van Sieenix Coin, rind your son Sam. Den I find der chaplain, und wants nun to go mil me anil duke in eme gont ling sent by the Sanitary Fair, und I snowed him my passports. Und he says, ' Ah. very good, but they dant reach." oo try htm mil a grccnl'iix. Und he goes mil me lo help me look at my son Sam who shot the puttie off mit a pall in one leg. Und I find my son Sam gone tcad two weeks. So I go home work my uistnge I lost my son Sam I lost my greenbax dey make laws while 1 am gone dal my alitor in dor Howery sell no moro lager beer, snd J shtist tells you, Mr. Bumroy, how I gels fiinlnd finru hnl nn m..rit ' DAY OF Til 1XKS(;IVI.G AU rit.tvtii. Proclamation by llie florcrnor. Richart Brinhlwell, a mulatto, has.ob- tnintd verdict for' ?.'(00 damages a gainst the trustees of Groen township, Ohio, for refusing his vote at the general election in 1805. Artemus Ward somslimes says a good thing. He says the Puritan "nobly fled from the land of despotism to a land of freedom, where they could not only enjoy iheiir own religion, but prevent everybody eleS from enjoying his." -. A Protestant minister, named Mathys, who died recently at Star.z, Underwal-don, has left an autobiography written in iwenty seven languages. " A Frenchman in N Orlean pro-nosed to liirlu all the street lamps of tba city simultaneously by means of an elec tro-magnetic battery, operated ty ciock work.', ' ' ,. . Gen. Grant has personally attend to securing a return ol th properly ol Gen Beaurecnrd, seized invioltnion . of lh term of his parol, i Si.ccrr or hot SLttrr. "1 d'ec'are mother," raid a pra-.ly litiU girl, in n pettish lilt way, '''lis to bal, mother! You alwsyssend me to bed waec I am r.ot adeepy, and you al.v;i nuk me gel up wbit I a lcepy." - ' ery ! Und he says : 'Oh, Mr. Van Steenix, 1 recollect you. Sit down. Glad to see you. How is Sam? Here is your bassp rt." Den I goes to derguptain of der steamboat on der river. 1 show him my bass-port. He soya, 'It don't reach 1 " Den I say: ' ' Don't you know m T My name is Hans Van Steenix. Ise from der Bowery. I wants to see my son Sum." ' He says noting. Der boat is just going. He tells me to go niliore. 1 trict mit a greenbax. He takes der graenbax and says : "Oh, you are Mr. Steenix. Ah, I'm glad to see you. Never mind your bass-porl It's all right. Hope you'll Gild your son Sjm quiet." . Und I goes to New Orleans. Und I goea to Sheneral Banks. , 1 thotr him my bassport. Ho says, "Ah, come next uiinth, when 1 cuuie back from Red River." . j Und I tell him 1 wants to see my s-n I Sam, who is ded mit a gannon pall, and I to see ine pefore be gets well. God has safely brought us through the trials a ml dangers of another year. Pence has shed its blessings upon the notion. Th desolations of p-siilence have been ov -rtetl I he hiisbjiidman hns gainorcd bountiful harvest, and apprehensions of famine are banished from all minds, prosperity attends all the varied pursuits of our enterprising neonlo: the plncps made male by civil war are again peopled mid flourishing under the triumphs of peace; education has been guaranteed u wider diffusion ; Christian ity has been strengthened in iis infhen ces ; and Ihe principles of universal free dom, nnpiirtial justice and true human progress hoie inspired with wisdom the minds and moved to mercy the hearts of men, and with their benign influence illumine the horizon of our nation's fu ture. For all these and msny other blessings ine matins and praise ol the wlioln pco pie snouiu ascend with a common voice to Almighty God. Therefore. I. Thnmn f!. ' PlniMior Governor of the State of Missouri, do bv inn, my .irrociamntion recommend that the good people of the Stale observe THURSDAY. THE 20tii BAY OF NOVEMBER, instant, es a doy of thanksgiving and proyer, and that they do then assemble ju their respective cnurcne and places ol worship ami make their niimbte thank offerings for all blessing received during iho year, and invoke a continuance of Divine favor and mercy. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused lo be affixed the grout seal of (he Stale of Missouri. Done at the city of Jefferson, ibis 12th day of jMovemoer, in the year ol our Lord, one ihousand eight hundred and sixty. six, of the Independence of the United States the ninety first and of the Siata of Missouri the forty sixth. THOMAS C. FLETCHER. By the Governor: . l. . Fkahcij Robhan, Sect'y of Slate, aTSome aiitv rear stoihir live I on lLa border of civilisation s man who had an aged, Infirm, and blind faihef. Th oi l man frequently brok l!i crock-rry nn which his food wa served. , son' wife complained of it. and lh ton i... i. - . , i, at last untrrnillllU 10 lK a UlOCK Ci wood end liew out n tray or trough, tn which to feed his fattier. . Accordingly . b took his xe ainl went to lh foresi, followed by his little inn. II found poplar thnt looked a if It would suit his purpose, and began lo cut out a bl. rk of the desired sir.. Having swung bit axe a fw moments ha became weary, and hi son said, '-Father what ere yn'u ' going to make?" The fiher replied, "I am going la mak a trough for your grand-falher to cat out of." Th filil 1 boy loved hi grand faihtr very much. and iupposed it all very kind: and said. 'I (III so g'ad; won't il h nicef Fst hor, when you gel old and blind, I will mak a trough for you." 'j he father, con. science stricken, and fearing sorrow fur himself, look up his xe, returned home and ever after seemed (o treat hit aged parent kindly. , Thk Loan's Pratkr. A maiden knelt in llie twilight hour, and, clasping her hands, fervently brialbad forth:' ' Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy nam. A mother, in deep oeonv of trief. gazed on her child, sleeping hor long last sloep. a smilo wreothinir her soft line). and white hands folded across that still and pulseless heart,' and kneeling llitre. tlm living ),:.M- L I I ..... ...ii. ,v-iju Hid uu.ui, bud prays: "Thy will be done." , As tha parly beams of the orient gild the sleeping land, a widow wilh hr offering Utile ones, chilled by poverty and woe, bows at tho throne of trace, and fervently prays: "Give us this day our daily Lreed. An aged father, as li:s loved and lov. ing boy goes forth from his parental' care 10 bravo the cold frowns of life, kneel betide him, on llie eve of hit departure, and pleads "Lend him not into tempta tion, but deliver him from evil, forThine is llie kingdom, the power, and ihariorv. for ever and ever, Amen." i - f CoKFtncriATK Bonns and Notes. An important decision concerning these hns been rendered In the Probate Court of Sumpler county, Ala., to the effect rut in all investments, contract, debta. &c, made in good fnith in llie late Confederate securities, ''the public nolicv which existed at (he lime, and not pres. enl public 'policy, will control' ihe question oTlheir legality ; and loyally to the national Government does not require interference with such pat transactions, : if honestly made, and in accordance with the law of th Stale at tint time." Strnoe Fatai.itv. Near the road between Leroy and Canton, may be seen the foundation for a barn, wilh a few sticks of blackened and charred timbers lying about. The history of thia foundation and llie structure which was attempt ed to be placed upon it is a remarkable one. The proprietor of the barn wishing to remove it from one side of the road to the other, invited some of the neighbors 10 e.vsist him. In taking the timbers down, one of the large beams fell, instantly killing one of the persons engag ed. The job was ihen abandoned for a few days, when il was again resumed, and I lie barn wis removed lo the new foundation fite.l for il. Here another very serious accident occurred. , A bright little b ,y son of ihe proprietor of the ham wa struck by a falling limber and killel The work was again suspended for a few days, ai the end of which lime th work Rev. A. H. Rodford, writing to the Nashville Advocate, from Kentucky, re lates the following interesting incident : "I waa present this morning when the Rev. ElUnna Johnson placed in (he hands of Bishop Doggett a chock for $2,000 a munificent donation from Miss Eurena-Brown, of Flemingsburg, Ky., for tho support of the bishop. ,, If this example should be followed largely, our bishops . will find that they are not friendless." Artemus Ward,' says in "His Book": ' "A femalo is one of the greatest insii-(notions of which the land can boste. It's onpossible to get along without her. She is good in sickness good in wellness good, all the time. Ob, women, 1 woman . You are an angel, when you behave yourself ; but when you take oil" your proper' appairel, and ( nieliforically speaking)'ge't inte panlyloons, and tin- tlortake to play the man, you ploy the devile, and oreJan emfalic noosance." The Chicago and Northwestern Rail road (Iowa branch 1 .is now completed from Clinton on the Mississippi river to i Woodbine, a distance of only thirty miles from. Conhcil Bluffs, and' will, it is said,-reach the latter point by the first day nf ' January. This will be the first road across the state, connecting the Mississippi and the Missouri. The editor of the Versaillis Vindicator apologises far having slated that a Radi- i col candidate knocked his-wife down' wilh a broom slick, and states he struck - ber with the fire-shovel. Politel B5F What is ihe difference1 botween a wealthy toper and a skillful miner? One turns hi gold into quirts, and the other his quarts into gold. Creely say's the stealings from the gov ernment by its officers, amounts to not lbss than SHO.000,000 annually. The receipts from customs now average bou 51,000,000 per week, in gold., : An Ohio uinn has effected an insurance , on his life lo tho amount of $300,000. , earn, and sinmnlplffil. II tall. A siring falalny yet awaited Ilia struc wants Und I tell him that my name is Har.s , was commenced Van S'.eenix, from der Bowery. me to go oft , So 1 try him mil a grttn- nut- No sooner had it been completed bax. .. . I than it was struck hy ligbtingand nUr- Den he say : ly deaioli.-bed. Tbia occuttj several "What did I understand your name !"; year -since, tut th decaying walla and "Hans VaS eenix, from der Bowery.' limbers have never been touched. They "Ob, Is gild to se you.l like to fur-! still remain to remind ihe neighborhood A, all maaiia 1 L.erlannlV : .fin. sail lal -Annerfil ayilh lham I Take thi bassport. Go e your oo Bradford ) Reporter.' .The Joy of religon" are the encouragement of youth aud Ihe prop uf old age-Without them w tickea even ia the miri.l of prosperity, and with them, adrersity loses all ita terrors. They swfU-n our iumbrrt : ther soothe qor wiklna hour. At home and abroad, in pa'iitc and ia private, they ar ear enmvesit cmsipaniont, out-richest treasure: The vigor of Iratb, aari ' the blush of health ar Iraniitory blessings : . the priile of rank oo- wearies ; and rirbr lake t themselve winEt an I fly away ; bal tint joy of a Christian, thnauti it walks ftps artb, bide il he ta Heavem. It i lh . t ift or God, and Gd ilotM is abk to at. prir fair of it. Fa in. A naicrokop ba bees mnatracted whieV isngoifle aa object 1.57 000 tinva.

tit Cjie (Kanton W P R E S 8 ; A FREE PRESS. roa .-- - FREEMEN". (or isra a - a.) OaeSaaara, awe lamen... f ( f OtieSajaar Ikrr laaerih..'. ,. as, Osi we, an aalka a Ooeaajaana, ee tea,,,..., , e Otit iwlaia, ao la.erllM..,, 1t?t One ealeaaa, all eesike M u. r uneralaa)!. eaa year or M later as adiala trae e, tia -a (sepei Uo,er al efeeiel ais; I 3 PLEDGED BUT TO TRUTH, TO LIBERTY AVO 1AW-I0 FATOR SWAYS TS, AID HO FEAR SHALL AWE" CANTON, MO., TIIUHSDA Y, NOVEMBJ2II 22, I860 WHOLE NO 225. VOI5.-NO. !7. ..... ,i . , i ! i i , j , j , . , , .. .. , 1 1. 1 -. , i n$ M tr i I I ami tiiTH i ltr.rrr.rwi " . rr.ir,-XT VI I , Two Dollars per Year, . Ulricll) l Ataeeay. ; " " ' Professional Cards. Ilomoropallilc Physician k Surgeon, , . CANTOS, MO., J H1VINU bented In Canton, ifT.-rt liU nrufoa-semal MrviMt Iq lu inhabitants ami eur liidintiiis country. EpmiI attention pilj lu C hrunld Disease and the dieraeee nf t-Vmali-s. nV-e ,r Uwsiey's store en LeaUHtreet. It-"1. Jens ,osth-st tumor al Tka (n Cullatv ilmu. (sbVoO-lf I, noriiii, t. ' . m.rnc. m. d. DR3. TOMPKINS & BRISCOE. WW AVI VO formed eupartiierriiln In Ihe urectirt n 11 afe-lit'loe, "ffrr IbalrsorTires l tbeciliitu, of l'.!.!.. end tieiniiy IHhV on l.els street, bet Keen 14 lui lib, ever wuiam ami bkkiiu s stores. R. C ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW . , falhyu., mo. XITIl.L erasure In the LVnintlee nf HiriM, Ralls, Moarna, belby, iaUooU end. Lewis. 1 marl to ly. ' ' OR. J. W. HAWKINS VKTILL OIVK PROMPT ATTENTION to V . . eU cases entrusted te hi. earo. OnVa el M. WmI' Drti( Blurt, fourlb Street, L'eulon, Ho. IIIU 'M U '. ; ; ; '", c. b. mauek, REAL ESTATE & CLAIM AGENCY, M03TICIXLI.O, MO. Wil l, bny air. Mil Roil Kstitf , Pv Tik Itwm-in TiMim, ittd tlnd l ah niiltfr rlaiiiliif CLare mid ouitvtranrviif Ktal B.iaiiv wvia.'M c. n. WATT, SURGEON DENTIST riKNDURS bin priifetalo'ial .". J to Iho ciPKPii or t;mitnii mm vum-Chl.Ti.r.im. Kthtu and SI. imiii o..ii Uui in rxtrartltia lecth. All wurk done in Hit lit improved it)leai:l war-raupl tniv mti-Trici.. n. t"(tirtceou Fourth iliect between Clark f.'U ttroeU. i. 6J-i J. W. BARRETT, NOTARY --PUBLIC. WILL attend to the Preparation und Akuuwlelgmut of t)coJ, Uortiu?, K iwrrK lAttorupy, A(nd:tllf 4.d utticr IorbI tlot'iuneiiti. CanlunPreii i ntun. Mo. iul.U.'r,6-ir K. U. Jtl. U., SURGEON DENTIST, l01 109 U4iiiH!hrfl itroet. Iietwueu titi nt ?tli, QUINCV, ILL. OR. HKI.MI. Irm.ninl1j loc.tfl in (J'llnrj, Na i. prei.rtl to ilu all kin U ul Uuiit.iJ Wurk in 4 n"-t anl "uitnln'Ui jI mimipr. ft- All vr rk warralileJ. 1'eiuii invariably cah. . Miirao-ir k.l 1 . . - - Uus'mcas (Carta. 7 L W. ENGLAND, F. Gr. BROWNING, r - HATHCn PBETTV. Ws frqumlly h-r of prUy potm, bat w bT on her that U mperUtinlr pret- tjr.-lo fcl. In It til pretty i protty wall oird up, iltliouslt tb;r U "prttty imi" In It ' A pretty lltlla intiden ( 1UJ pr'stty liltl dreu, , A pri-lty liltl cJ ling Vn the pretty litll litem. A pretty little bvbclor ! ' ' To win her favor tried, ' ' Anil ttkrd her hor she'd like to b 1 Hi pretty little bride. With (ome pratty litlln bluibet, i And pretty little figh, . ; And am prrtiy little gUncet From pretty little eyej With protty little face , B' hind pretty U; ' 1 She iiniled on the proposal Of tlii pretty li:tlc men. Some pretty lit'.le "loree,? And soma pretty little "ilt-rs,'' Somu pretty tit tits mil,T, '; ' Anil ome pretty little t an ; Some pretty liitle preicnti, Anil pretty little kitH, Wereoin pretty little prelude . To some pretty little bli.-n. . Th! prrtiy littlejlidy And her pretty lit tie xpark, M"t Iho pretty little pnron And hid prtty liulo clurk ; A pretty little w.tdiliu,' ring United them for life, , A pretty littlt- husbauil And n pmlly little wife. Aliuoal a IrlnrriiiKe. Ttat Iky. kcpoio ciettur. livt t lh bottom of thi.doivn, nd tlx iky Ijlu i noiliiog but 1 111 iiiuirphera luelf. W aen m riie toward ill unner vit of our tlinoi phere, by aacendind inounluln irilinf in MHOOtl. till Uiue color iiiiopiicoi-, nd wie that ipar la Culorleu. iit of a few ecomli to the moon' aur fac. woulil ror.vii c ut till trior thor ougMy that tli blue color of the terre W warn tli teaderi that lliey will get giddy befor they reach tli and of Ihit article. It 11 by Mona. Mamma (ion, wlioi recent work on inbablttd world other than Krth ia on of the mod aucce.ilul of th Tariiian raon : To form an acnirat IJea of the ky, .l. Lelons. eirluiivelv to tlii at w intiht in th find place, form an accu mranhitpii. Tliai mnan ia denrived of air. rat idea of lh enrih. and conceive the L.,i ,,;,.. :,. iii.riiiinlila dan in- tall on which w live a au.pended in .....i of .i.:, beautiful aiure dom which paee without any support, ecept ai a j, 0V4r our ,cn,,( t nothing but an ioap Duuom uiucn iioaia in ine air. ui ,,nn,enae. blaru, luguhnnua rime in a truth, the earth it even more ifola'ed u !rh atuna aim. ninnn With Vari than a oap bubble floating in the ir,for anf h,,,,. the earth and a multitude of L I .1.1 I. .1.. ...... - I ' - in auaii.tiuijutie inn; ii;ii vh iiid pnam 1 Kara of air. whiltf the earth reata upon no flu- Th. anl avai.m ia nnnaniM in rntii id, no atrata, and i independent of every lihrium in mace. What aualaint it f 10't of auppnrt. I may be B'kei But then iftha earth i thrown like cannon ball into apace, why dnean'l it foil f aiuwer : Fall wlit-re f They may re ply: Fall down apace My reponae 1 : llut what do you call "down apace! Down ia a reUiiv idea. Form t clear idea of the terrettrial globe atiapeniled Nobody knowi. It it in repote t No it iravitairi, or what ia iho tame tump. it fall. It fall into the infinite abya It fall at a velocity reckoned at two leacura a second, or rrven thouvaud leas una an hour. Whether it fella in a curved, ainuous or atraiglit line.it can fall through all eiermty, at we have above I IdAfrOlKTHKNT Ot All nillDF.RROi M. tXFIXT Alt r Mnunicnta, 'J'onibatoiiea, (... Ac. he, orPitK ami taup :"' UARK ITREET, KET. 101 HI H L FIFTH, C'ANTOX, MO. t" AU worV oxroutcil in tlii l.inlu'fl Mylciif the rl. ouil fully wnrrant d; iinvlli.'t5-ti WM. A . 'MoK I M Import or oinl HrMior in HARDWARE CUTLERY, IRON, ., mVai ls and Glass 9 AGRICLLTLRAL IMPLEJIEATS, ETC., r"!Jo. l, towij tlraat, Canton, Mo. aiTia.'sa-f .. i- v. v,.: WILUtill EI.US, i. , .,-. . DEALER 1.1 Lumber, Shingles, Lath, sash: DOORS cV blinds, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES. K NEW AND LIBliRAL STOCK ON J. band lor tba auiiplj ol cultunte'-i, rn hntiractury tanM. . (Juisia.'BJii) ,. . J. WILD & SON, STOVES, SHEET IKON, JAPANNED cf- TINWARE; LEWIS STREET, Below Third, CANTON, MO. A I.AHGI AMD mir MOCK or Cookiaa HIoyo., Parlorand olUca st-.rei. and oihar family reuia. Ju.t receive I auduffernu at fair prica. Hoofing, " Spouting and ' Repairing : no at ibort notice. KJ- Ml work Karrontt d. - uiar,5-lr ' Livery and Sale Stable. THE XlNDERSlGNED would nnnoiince X that be baa purchased ttaintareiit of lii. late prt. aa , and become ale proprietor ol U10 Livery end S.le HhM, aitualad at tba . ' -' .' J CH nv of TMri f- Lteia tlrcet; Cantou, . . , nr: where bf will continue to f urobute good Horses and. Kales, I la prepared to accommodate tba public with a ai ieiy ol cooveyeueret. abort nuce aud eu reawaable ""'"pereona Indebted te the late arm are noliaed to an on me and make payuisat. 'j j y. ' JI1, '-" I. H. rrK. IILLCOX&rntBBS SEWING II "MACHINE. The. Chainpioi.il ll 'f 13 Sratpre-, nreiM In tw,.lJ Iwaaone. - lu eani i s " tront; or and teas lialjlo to rip than the Ux-k Miuh. 'Wow' ftywrf of th Om4 TWV. " Head fir the fc rUrwrt," l f"if'e work, containing both kinds of alitiliea "i tH aame piece of goud. .IgMita wauled. L, C0X5ELL k CO Otit Agfata, . U Laaa) It., Cbeoaa Kroa tiio New fusliun, (1., t'utrii.t. The ' iiumy a slip 'twixl the cup and thtt lip" was ainiuinirly illuitraterf in our con 111 11 ni ty on ln-t Tiie.irJny. An old geiitlen aii, who liv s uver ihuStrub-n-ville hi I a lit In d i: tuner-, haviit Ion hj wife KJine time ago,, took into hit head ti marry ngain. Ha lalk"il (ho in.itler over with hit frienda in Uiwn con ndera bly, onu, out ol lliu lcsona 111 cunnig bvhicli were volunteered lie tired MJ' li n, 9 't'tiied lie.-l. He had cnsl sliei-p'a cyea at teverul widow of the ni'igbbni Imod, bill none ocm 'd to Inke lii vhiiie. Oil M oikI 11 y of Inst week I 0 wont to tee a widow ol.oul twenty miles from l nvi on llie line of the Clevidnnd ami Pitub iry'i railroad.' He nude known Ilia ermnd in a l u-inesa like w.iy. He accepted the pr.t. a I ,a ml ihe agreement onterniiijf the pru)'!r,y was reduced to writing. Hi rcul estate was lu be tli-v s'.ed o the iulerel which imirringH would givo her j 1 UU chatile pr p rty to b joint Mock ; her money she was (0 have for her .-eparMe usr ;, (ulurd arnui eitiuns to be for their inuitntl benefit. The pr.'liminnric s settled lliu next ones tion whs lh time nt! which (lie contract should; brt"co.niiiiniateii Thti lady wanb cd a moui h ; the LCiilloiiiBn the nxt day On TuefJny he drove out to hor house, brought her 10 tovn,piocurcd the license, invited t.o preachers, and drove to his own home with the widow, the rooms tvure w.ir.uand cheering, the guests were pleased, llie marrying coujili) were all smiles. The old gentleman tnllced and liuffl cd a little louder thun ever. " The inirriege CPi'oiiionyfwas to luke place ini-inedialely "'precetliujr dinner. Sj they were .waiting nly on the turkey. It was done, ar.d had been removed from the e'.ove. The parties were preparing; to take position on the floor. . The prcucher wan muttering the so'emn words of lliu marriage form silently on hislipj. Old Warner whs about to leap from the chair to the floor with the springs of sixteen stiirtmei-fl.-1 But hark ! A rap at the door. What means the intrusion J A call for the lady. Shu goes to the door and beholds the solitary horsnman. He is her b-oii in-law. He converses in a subdued tone. A few moments and the suspense in.-idu is over. - She return into - the house. "Mr. . , I have beon think- ine over our agreement, and I have con cluded not to marry you 11 n loss you give me half the land." 'vhy, what does this mean V" taid the groom of sixty, at the unexpected turn in the wheel. ' What does this mean ? Didn't you make a bargain,? ' Waa i't I honest with you ? No, I'll do what we agreed to, and not another -hit. Why, 1 was in debt when I married my first wife, sndJI told her I bad nothing but the shop, and she said, we'll get married anyhow ; .and we did and lived well and happy. "Well," answered the widow, "I'll not marry you to day. And I would like to have a month to consider." ''Not a day not an hour. You'll marry me now or never. As old Gen Stark said about lakin? a fort, when they asked, hiiu to desist, 'I'll taka i. 10 day, or to night Molli Stark will ba a widdrr." You'll 1111 rry me to day, or to -si i gill I'll b a wiilder.' She waa decided on not marryinc, and nad concluded to g heme witu heriou in law forthwith. But the old gentleman per suaded her to remain for dinner, and the ha would bring ber to town bitusalf Ann nere in wing annus wmi tnwaiurj ends. . in complete isolation in infinite space. Uemonsiraied, without danger of touch mm you win at once icn iiitim 11 no ucn 1 jng bottom thing as the nuestion. Hera is theelobe! in mace. Ii maiures three thousand I PAririe K ulroad. The California league in diameter. You are aome five end of the Pacific railroad will be higher or six feet high. Your stature, compar- than llie piie of the Ali'. The (Trade ed 10 the sign of the earth, is consequent- st Cisco, ninety three milrsfrom Sacra ly less than the size of an ant walking Imento, and fourteen miles from Alia, the around a bull of the size ol 51. i'aul s present terminus ol llie psssrnger trains, Church, London. I is 5,(111 fret above llie level of the tea, Suppose Vo l walk around iho clubs only 3 Id feet loss than die ion of Mount in every direction, as an ant mijjht do on Washington, the highost peak of th an immense cannon Lall. llie globe is W hue Mountains, and the highest land a loadstone, ai.d it i i( attraction which in iuw England. hen the grade reach fastens yi u invincibly to its surface. es summit station, twelve and a half Now, whatever inayfhe the point of this! miles from Cisco, it will be 7,042 feel L'li-be where your feet icst vou will al- ebuve the level of the oceon, blfl foet ways call down below your luel. and up hicher than the summit of Mount Wash- the space over your head. You may sue inrton, and higher than nil but one of ccssiveiy p'ace yourself at every point of the world renowned parses of the Alps. llie globe without exception, all ol them HANS VAN STEENIX ad mi t.nrr:DAX. Ws gaits, Mees'sr Ilumrriyf" "Good morning, Mr. Van Sieenii "Ai you busy ilia inrmnf, Meastrr uumrojr r "Nooot" "Veil, you ahust make anchor, an rnmt to yourself mil dal work bench, an I dull you some dines bow I make not ings by ter wrrl" "Is it loop aury, liana I " "Nein, Mr. Oumroy. It hoes not so Ion; as it ia drus, und I dells dem to yni mil once, L'nd I want you to make put em in your liner, so dem odder full know Iio.t niuih I nine's mil trr war. "You sees, I bres a Tuchman nfii.flii- ence. My name is Jlnus an aicruix. leet'ps a lairer bear sihore irt ter Ilow- ery, und .ny sen Ssin, he un pool poy a Ssm. He wa t pravalny lhn I gors to dsr Imaplinl, und I knocks on der door. Und s maris waiita.to know what I nam. Und he no Ut me in. Ven I sliow all my bats-pona. l'nd he say,, . 'Ican'trtatir "Den I ak due he know my son Sam who wa kilted in batil and is ha aliv j Und he says yes, he Is in uere, Dtn I say: Jinn : ron know me 7 I am liana an Steenix. Den h say, ".Mov al ni nut of drr wy." So J try him m'.t a grttnlax. Und lie say, 'All right, Mr. Van Slernix never mind der haspurt go in." Den I inerts der surgeon, und ho ail, in where I am going. Den I say, jo are my son anm wno was killed In a cannon pall in his legs, und wants m never peas in any itliore in der "tinirv. lo trn und see him before he eel no bet ll ,1.. I,, i,.... .1. cr. i,..,. . .. i i. 't,.," v., ,.o uibii it o mo iri'ii uuu liri , ' will iiPt-cssarily be down to you, ami the corresponding space over head will a ways be up t i you. At the North Polo iho South will te vmir down ; nt the S 'uth Pul'i )ou mnv consider the North pole diatvn. It is conseiiuenlly nothing but a matter of position as far as you ore concerned it is notabolute reality. Two observers placed at the exiremi lies of lh same dinm-Her will have up recipro'-nlly opposed ; two others, plac-ed nt the extremities of a second diameter interscdi'ig tho first ('iametcr at right angles, would call up two pointsparpen-dit-iilsr to tho f.iriii r, and so on. Were The mischief lint rimy be caused by a lighted tobacco pin in a careless man' mouth, is demonstrated thus: "The steamer Henry Von Phtil took fire from the cirelesue. of a deckhand, who communicated llie fire to the cotton from his pipe. There were one hundred passengers, most of whom escaped with ihe lo of their bajD-aire and clolhes. One was burned and sever.il drowned. The bout and car-o are a total loss. drums blay, und ho goes mil drr crowd to a gruitinsr shop, und h makes his ara lisen mil der fife und der diuinmcl, und lie gits batriotic, und he makes himself po for soldier for his Uncle Sam, und cits five liuundred toilers bounty mil craenbax to glinch hi balrioliain. Und I bees batriotic, und makes war speeches uru daks care ol dam a inonish, und all de great men drinks at mine ulmre, und pats me on der hack, und any 'Dully for Sal Hans Van Sieenix of ter Bowery ! " Und I leels clad, und 1 sits lo be a biz man, for my son Sam is a soldier, und A osent Mi.tneo. Bayard Taylor says in one of his lttnrs from Ihe Kocky M Jiinlains, that being overtaken by thunder storm, from which they had no .1 ...I. ..I- ..l-.l. I ..-.I. -1 inn wuuie iiiuue covt-i eu witu uuserver, r . , , .t ...:.i. , , ii i . , ' shelter, hpy covered their bntrgnge with aneh linn H'imiiiI mill Inn nnrrtnn nf cnni I . . ' . r ' . overhead up, so that the whole .-puce which environs the globe would be lip lt the population uf die earth. Such is the thy. Thia word no longer expresses anything hut the np relative lo our poniiioii, that is, th? indefinite LANK. UORTGAflES AM) Or niDSr Sac ale at tbia ease. VELVi Jul Uf rny, w luppose, hss been eUct'd upon hi mdscl. So w shall ' liav ia Coo Jrra ooe niuetle-niau.lLough we frsr very few CMiitiios. space which environs the ear h. If the observer himself does nut change hi: po silion, iho vcr ical point, nevertheless, chanees every instant fur each of us, for tho globe turns on its axis once in twen ly four hours. Consequently, there is no audi thing as absoluie up or down in the uu'verse, and therefore there is neither right nor left, nor any absoluie position. Ihe eerih is a .'paere isolated in space, and the space ex'end infinitely in every direction, olid all around it. Infinitely I Let us try lo ascertain the exact signification of this word. Sup pose you determine to measure this in Unity, and so set 'out from the earth as the poml of your neporiuie, and move in any directio-, Vpry well ; whatever direction you may tako, you may go in a straight line and never rest one second you may fly as swift as light itself, which moves at the rale of seventy thousand leagues a second, or you may go still more swiftly, if you can conceive SB':!i velocity, and mirk vvhnt 1 say you may keep up this rate of speed for years, for centuries, for centuries ofceoturics you will never, never, never attain tho limits o! this immense, this infinite tract of space I - , 1 As you speed on, the abysses will close over you, other abysses will open before you, and this constantly, forover and forever, without end, without pause, whatever may be (he nges upon eges you spend in your flight. Infinity will still yawn it measureless depths before you though you were to exhaust ill lime, though you were to identify yourself with eternity. In reality your lung and immeasurable flight would be precisely the same thing as if you had never stirred from your presont position of absolute repose; for you would not ba one single step nearer infinity. Consequently, were we for an instant to consider this earth as the only glob in thia infinite space which environs it on all sides, and were we lo suppose that it could fall: like a ball in an abye, tho earth would fall, fall for centuries of ages, and - would constantly continue lo fall forever without once reaching the bottom, though it wer to fall through all ternity. After falling for thousand centuries il would continue to fall for a thousand centuries, without being on inch nearer the bottom of the abyss. It would absolutely be the same thing ai if it had remained in repose. Around thi earth lie a light don lik thai we see on beardless boys, oroa a tender prscb bfore a ruJ hand lias siid it..- This i lh azure atmosphere which aarroandi th earth. Clouds arc cradled ia it at an insignificant altitude. Th concert form which w oben in thi apparent dme, ia nothing but tin result of perspective. . We, poor micro- lubber cloth, and stood the storm as best thev could. Ha add: "Mr. Benrd was in great pains to find a piece for Ins umbrella under the wot er-proof ; am: not until the storm was o ver, leaving' us half so:tked, did it cccur to him thnt he might have used it !" The question of calling a Convention to revise the Constitution of the State of NswYork wa submitted lo a voleofihe people al tho recent election. The majority in fnvor of the Convsntion is about 500,000. A father may transmit a sound and healthy constitution to his son and the latter destroy it by vicious excesses. Our Revolutionnryfa I hers bf queathed to us the best Constitution in the world, and we are shattering it as recklessly as a miaerablo profligate shatters hi own. Tax. A (ax of $530,000,000 was col lected from ihe public of th United statea last year, only ltf upon eveiy man womin and child in the U. S. The Freedman's Bureau cost 812,000,000, and in colled the Internal Revonue cost $15,000,000. ' The Berihold Pass, by which the Pa-i fie Railroad is lo cross the Rocky Mountains, is, according to two different surveys, from 10,903 toll, 375 feet a- bove the level of tho sea. ; :.-;... The Grand Jury of Newark,: Ohio, have found indictm4nta against eleven persons, for the encouragement of fraud ulent voting at ihe late election. . all tier pig men say I'sa a bully irom tier poor country. "L'nd my son Sam he goes mil dar war. He goes to Manassas, und he goes mil der But:ernock,und h goes mil der Dig Battel, und he goes mil nil ter poy to iow Orleans, und von days he gits his leg kille.l nut a gannon pall und goes to der hosbital to see himself die. Und he writes me a letter, und 1 gits um, und I reads dat my ion Sam pe dead mil his leg oil, und wants to see me. his old Tedder, end muddcr, pefore h gets well. iNow, I loves dat poy Sam, lor lie pees a goot poy ; so I leaves mine stnore, und goes lo W aslnnglon, lo git baisborl from Meeidcr Stanton. Und I goes into der War Dsbarimenl, und I sees dal mca batriotic war man, und 1 'is : . "Ah, grol niorninf, General S anion." Und he looks at me und says noting ! Deu I say : 'D'ti'tyou know me f I-e be Hans Van Steanix. Ise from lor Bowery. 1 make war speeches. You drink Inger ber al my slhore. My son goes to tier war. II is killed in hospital down so-Jtll llijt a gannon pa 'I. I wants to pring him home pefore he goes teuj. 1 want a basabort to go quick fore my son Sam go lead ! " Den he say ! ''Humph ! ' I never heard uf jou.'' Deu I link I van! lo it mr sou Sam. So I try him mit a green bax. Den he say .- "Ah! w lini is your namo ? " Den I sny : "Hans Van S e nix, from de Bowery !'' Di:n he shakos hands mit me, und says : Oh, yes I kno-v you now. Mr. Von Steenix, fmn tier Bowery. Glnd to sea you. Here's your bissport. Go gee your son S tm .' ". So 1 goes lo Memphis. Und 1 must go by boat to New Orleans. L'nd Shen eral Washburn say my passport -s not good. Den I galls on him, und he looks at it, und says, "It don't reach." Dan I say : ' Don t you know me ? My noma is Huns Van S'eenix. Jse from der Bow erv. 1 makes war speeches and sjiius my son Sun to de war. He killed him self mit a log in his cannon pa'l, und 1 Eoea down ler river lo pring him home pefore he dies." Und he shakes his head, und looks wise, oo try him mit a greenaax. Und den he looks pleased, und he say ; 'What s your namef . "Huns Van Sieenix, from der Bow- Den he say, ''Can't co in iie against tier rules." Den I telli him my name ia Hans Von Meemx Irom tier JInwrry, und I show hun my ha. sports, und he says. ' Sorry, but b.issporlr don't reach. You r-m n I A A . " So I try him mit a erienbax. Und he says : ' "Ah ! your nam is Hans Van Sieenix Coin, rind your son Sam. Den I find der chaplain, und wants nun to go mil me anil duke in eme gont ling sent by the Sanitary Fair, und I snowed him my passports. Und he says, ' Ah. very good, but they dant reach." oo try htm mil a grccnl'iix. Und he goes mil me lo help me look at my son Sam who shot the puttie off mit a pall in one leg. Und I find my son Sam gone tcad two weeks. So I go home work my uistnge I lost my son Sam I lost my greenbax dey make laws while 1 am gone dal my alitor in dor Howery sell no moro lager beer, snd J shtist tells you, Mr. Bumroy, how I gels fiinlnd finru hnl nn m..rit ' DAY OF Til 1XKS(;IVI.G AU rit.tvtii. Proclamation by llie florcrnor. Richart Brinhlwell, a mulatto, has.ob- tnintd verdict for' ?.'(00 damages a gainst the trustees of Groen township, Ohio, for refusing his vote at the general election in 1805. Artemus Ward somslimes says a good thing. He says the Puritan "nobly fled from the land of despotism to a land of freedom, where they could not only enjoy iheiir own religion, but prevent everybody eleS from enjoying his." -. A Protestant minister, named Mathys, who died recently at Star.z, Underwal-don, has left an autobiography written in iwenty seven languages. " A Frenchman in N Orlean pro-nosed to liirlu all the street lamps of tba city simultaneously by means of an elec tro-magnetic battery, operated ty ciock work.', ' ' ,. . Gen. Grant has personally attend to securing a return ol th properly ol Gen Beaurecnrd, seized invioltnion . of lh term of his parol, i Si.ccrr or hot SLttrr. "1 d'ec'are mother," raid a pra-.ly litiU girl, in n pettish lilt way, '''lis to bal, mother! You alwsyssend me to bed waec I am r.ot adeepy, and you al.v;i nuk me gel up wbit I a lcepy." - ' ery ! Und he says : 'Oh, Mr. Van Steenix, 1 recollect you. Sit down. Glad to see you. How is Sam? Here is your bassp rt." Den I goes to derguptain of der steamboat on der river. 1 show him my bass-port. He soya, 'It don't reach 1 " Den I say: ' ' Don't you know m T My name is Hans Van Steenix. Ise from der Bowery. I wants to see my son Sum." ' He says noting. Der boat is just going. He tells me to go niliore. 1 trict mit a greenbax. He takes der graenbax and says : "Oh, you are Mr. Steenix. Ah, I'm glad to see you. Never mind your bass-porl It's all right. Hope you'll Gild your son Sjm quiet." . Und I goes to New Orleans. Und I goea to Sheneral Banks. , 1 thotr him my bassport. Ho says, "Ah, come next uiinth, when 1 cuuie back from Red River." . j Und I tell him 1 wants to see my s-n I Sam, who is ded mit a gannon pall, and I to see ine pefore be gets well. God has safely brought us through the trials a ml dangers of another year. Pence has shed its blessings upon the notion. Th desolations of p-siilence have been ov -rtetl I he hiisbjiidman hns gainorcd bountiful harvest, and apprehensions of famine are banished from all minds, prosperity attends all the varied pursuits of our enterprising neonlo: the plncps made male by civil war are again peopled mid flourishing under the triumphs of peace; education has been guaranteed u wider diffusion ; Christian ity has been strengthened in iis infhen ces ; and Ihe principles of universal free dom, nnpiirtial justice and true human progress hoie inspired with wisdom the minds and moved to mercy the hearts of men, and with their benign influence illumine the horizon of our nation's fu ture. For all these and msny other blessings ine matins and praise ol the wlioln pco pie snouiu ascend with a common voice to Almighty God. Therefore. I. Thnmn f!. ' PlniMior Governor of the State of Missouri, do bv inn, my .irrociamntion recommend that the good people of the Stale observe THURSDAY. THE 20tii BAY OF NOVEMBER, instant, es a doy of thanksgiving and proyer, and that they do then assemble ju their respective cnurcne and places ol worship ami make their niimbte thank offerings for all blessing received during iho year, and invoke a continuance of Divine favor and mercy. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused lo be affixed the grout seal of (he Stale of Missouri. Done at the city of Jefferson, ibis 12th day of jMovemoer, in the year ol our Lord, one ihousand eight hundred and sixty. six, of the Independence of the United States the ninety first and of the Siata of Missouri the forty sixth. THOMAS C. FLETCHER. By the Governor: . l. . Fkahcij Robhan, Sect'y of Slate, aTSome aiitv rear stoihir live I on lLa border of civilisation s man who had an aged, Infirm, and blind faihef. Th oi l man frequently brok l!i crock-rry nn which his food wa served. , son' wife complained of it. and lh ton i... i. - . , i, at last untrrnillllU 10 lK a UlOCK Ci wood end liew out n tray or trough, tn which to feed his fattier. . Accordingly . b took his xe ainl went to lh foresi, followed by his little inn. II found poplar thnt looked a if It would suit his purpose, and began lo cut out a bl. rk of the desired sir.. Having swung bit axe a fw moments ha became weary, and hi son said, '-Father what ere yn'u ' going to make?" The fiher replied, "I am going la mak a trough for your grand-falher to cat out of." Th filil 1 boy loved hi grand faihtr very much. and iupposed it all very kind: and said. 'I (III so g'ad; won't il h nicef Fst hor, when you gel old and blind, I will mak a trough for you." 'j he father, con. science stricken, and fearing sorrow fur himself, look up his xe, returned home and ever after seemed (o treat hit aged parent kindly. , Thk Loan's Pratkr. A maiden knelt in llie twilight hour, and, clasping her hands, fervently brialbad forth:' ' Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy nam. A mother, in deep oeonv of trief. gazed on her child, sleeping hor long last sloep. a smilo wreothinir her soft line). and white hands folded across that still and pulseless heart,' and kneeling llitre. tlm living ),:.M- L I I ..... ...ii. ,v-iju Hid uu.ui, bud prays: "Thy will be done." , As tha parly beams of the orient gild the sleeping land, a widow wilh hr offering Utile ones, chilled by poverty and woe, bows at tho throne of trace, and fervently prays: "Give us this day our daily Lreed. An aged father, as li:s loved and lov. ing boy goes forth from his parental' care 10 bravo the cold frowns of life, kneel betide him, on llie eve of hit departure, and pleads "Lend him not into tempta tion, but deliver him from evil, forThine is llie kingdom, the power, and ihariorv. for ever and ever, Amen." i - f CoKFtncriATK Bonns and Notes. An important decision concerning these hns been rendered In the Probate Court of Sumpler county, Ala., to the effect rut in all investments, contract, debta. &c, made in good fnith in llie late Confederate securities, ''the public nolicv which existed at (he lime, and not pres. enl public 'policy, will control' ihe question oTlheir legality ; and loyally to the national Government does not require interference with such pat transactions, : if honestly made, and in accordance with the law of th Stale at tint time." Strnoe Fatai.itv. Near the road between Leroy and Canton, may be seen the foundation for a barn, wilh a few sticks of blackened and charred timbers lying about. The history of thia foundation and llie structure which was attempt ed to be placed upon it is a remarkable one. The proprietor of the barn wishing to remove it from one side of the road to the other, invited some of the neighbors 10 e.vsist him. In taking the timbers down, one of the large beams fell, instantly killing one of the persons engag ed. The job was ihen abandoned for a few days, when il was again resumed, and I lie barn wis removed lo the new foundation fite.l for il. Here another very serious accident occurred. , A bright little b ,y son of ihe proprietor of the ham wa struck by a falling limber and killel The work was again suspended for a few days, ai the end of which lime th work Rev. A. H. Rodford, writing to the Nashville Advocate, from Kentucky, re lates the following interesting incident : "I waa present this morning when the Rev. ElUnna Johnson placed in (he hands of Bishop Doggett a chock for $2,000 a munificent donation from Miss Eurena-Brown, of Flemingsburg, Ky., for tho support of the bishop. ,, If this example should be followed largely, our bishops . will find that they are not friendless." Artemus Ward,' says in "His Book": ' "A femalo is one of the greatest insii-(notions of which the land can boste. It's onpossible to get along without her. She is good in sickness good in wellness good, all the time. Ob, women, 1 woman . You are an angel, when you behave yourself ; but when you take oil" your proper' appairel, and ( nieliforically speaking)'ge't inte panlyloons, and tin- tlortake to play the man, you ploy the devile, and oreJan emfalic noosance." The Chicago and Northwestern Rail road (Iowa branch 1 .is now completed from Clinton on the Mississippi river to i Woodbine, a distance of only thirty miles from. Conhcil Bluffs, and' will, it is said,-reach the latter point by the first day nf ' January. This will be the first road across the state, connecting the Mississippi and the Missouri. The editor of the Versaillis Vindicator apologises far having slated that a Radi- i col candidate knocked his-wife down' wilh a broom slick, and states he struck - ber with the fire-shovel. Politel B5F What is ihe difference1 botween a wealthy toper and a skillful miner? One turns hi gold into quirts, and the other his quarts into gold. Creely say's the stealings from the gov ernment by its officers, amounts to not lbss than SHO.000,000 annually. The receipts from customs now average bou 51,000,000 per week, in gold., : An Ohio uinn has effected an insurance , on his life lo tho amount of $300,000. , earn, and sinmnlplffil. II tall. A siring falalny yet awaited Ilia struc wants Und I tell him that my name is Har.s , was commenced Van S'.eenix, from der Bowery. me to go oft , So 1 try him mil a grttn- nut- No sooner had it been completed bax. .. . I than it was struck hy ligbtingand nUr- Den he say : ly deaioli.-bed. Tbia occuttj several "What did I understand your name !"; year -since, tut th decaying walla and "Hans VaS eenix, from der Bowery.' limbers have never been touched. They "Ob, Is gild to se you.l like to fur-! still remain to remind ihe neighborhood A, all maaiia 1 L.erlannlV : .fin. sail lal -Annerfil ayilh lham I Take thi bassport. Go e your oo Bradford ) Reporter.' .The Joy of religon" are the encouragement of youth aud Ihe prop uf old age-Without them w tickea even ia the miri.l of prosperity, and with them, adrersity loses all ita terrors. They swfU-n our iumbrrt : ther soothe qor wiklna hour. At home and abroad, in pa'iitc and ia private, they ar ear enmvesit cmsipaniont, out-richest treasure: The vigor of Iratb, aari ' the blush of health ar Iraniitory blessings : . the priile of rank oo- wearies ; and rirbr lake t themselve winEt an I fly away ; bal tint joy of a Christian, thnauti it walks ftps artb, bide il he ta Heavem. It i lh . t ift or God, and Gd ilotM is abk to at. prir fair of it. Fa in. A naicrokop ba bees mnatracted whieV isngoifle aa object 1.57 000 tinva.